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philadelphia wideout romney, the city of philadelphia did but the suburbs also wideout romney. new york, philadelphia, d.c., los angeles and san francisco's the birds that are all very democratic. denver las vegas and phoenix and the dallas houston san antonio atlanta charlotte and north carolina were very republican so i think calling suburbs analyzing pricing suburbs doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb word each region of the country and finally, number six, we have to rethink the way we spend money on politics. this was a 6 billion-dollar election-year with status quo results. i think the biggest success when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about the message but the macro-- karl rove separated billionaires from billions of their dollars to what effect? i mean it may be more effective way to pay voters directly. there is probably more return for your investment and i would conclude by saying that probably the supreme court of the united states, the second most important institution in the united states in aiding the economic recovery, b
philadelphia wideout romney, the city of philadelphia did but the suburbs also wideout romney. new york, philadelphia, d.c., los angeles and san francisco's the birds that are all very democratic. denver las vegas and phoenix and the dallas houston san antonio atlanta charlotte and north carolina were very republican so i think calling suburbs analyzing pricing suburbs doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb word each region of the country and finally, number six, we have to...
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romney had no plans. he was just offering the opposite of what the president was presenting to the american people. have no plan for anything. i don't know how anybody in his position could get as far as he did with nothing to offer the american people. the other thing -- i just don't understand how with the american people would think to even consider him as the presidential candidate. he had absolutely nothing to offer. everything he offered was nonexistent or i will just do the president isn't doing. >> host: but the ask you, you sound like you're passionately supportive of the president. >> caller: i'm passionate for the country. i don't care who obama our romney is. i want somebody that will help the american people to progress. i want to see america -- >> host: you want compromise? >> caller: i want compromise, yes. but i'm going to tell you this, and make no mistake about it, we have people in this country that have completely destroyed rather than try to compromise and try to bring the government
romney had no plans. he was just offering the opposite of what the president was presenting to the american people. have no plan for anything. i don't know how anybody in his position could get as far as he did with nothing to offer the american people. the other thing -- i just don't understand how with the american people would think to even consider him as the presidential candidate. he had absolutely nothing to offer. everything he offered was nonexistent or i will just do the president...
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this panel linwood remarks from campaign advisers to president obama and mitt romney and advice they gave to each candidate in the weeks leading up to the election. this is 25 minutes. >> my name is justin smith and i am the president of atlantic media company and i am delighted to welcome all of you to the fourth annual washington ideas from which is convened by the atlantic, the aspen institute and is the newseum. as many of you know the atlantic has been the business of journalism and ideas for a very long time. since 1857 to be exact. but it wasn't until nine years ago that we to get serious about creating the most interesting and ambitious forum for the discussion on politics and business and science and technology and the arts and it was thanks to the division of the accomplished author and journalist walter isaacson who's the ceo of the aspen institute who approached the owner of the of cleantech, david bradley, about partnering to create a new event called the has been ideas festival. in less than a decade, the house and ideas festival takes place every summer in the beautifu
this panel linwood remarks from campaign advisers to president obama and mitt romney and advice they gave to each candidate in the weeks leading up to the election. this is 25 minutes. >> my name is justin smith and i am the president of atlantic media company and i am delighted to welcome all of you to the fourth annual washington ideas from which is convened by the atlantic, the aspen institute and is the newseum. as many of you know the atlantic has been the business of journalism and...
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romney jumped up. and just sort of watching a lot of the tracking, romney pulled ahead and then sort of looks like he dropped a point or two. after the third debate -- i don't think it was because the second, third debate, the sort of after all of the debate were done, romney seemed to have another lift of a point or so. and at that point, that's when we started the all kinds of really conflicting data and then you start seeing tapering off. it was tapering off at least a week before hurricane sandy. i think a lot of people save sandy killed at a now is actually icing on on the tape, that he was actually already chopping before hurricane sandy came along. but where he really did engage a bunch of voters that had not been seen, but the debate the sort of the first positive experience they had considering romney. it really put the race in play, but sort of not quite enough. i'm going to talk about that more in a couple minutes. but the sacred being, i feel good about how he looked at it. one of the thing
romney jumped up. and just sort of watching a lot of the tracking, romney pulled ahead and then sort of looks like he dropped a point or two. after the third debate -- i don't think it was because the second, third debate, the sort of after all of the debate were done, romney seemed to have another lift of a point or so. and at that point, that's when we started the all kinds of really conflicting data and then you start seeing tapering off. it was tapering off at least a week before hurricane...
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men voted for romney. white, black and hispanic women were more democratic than white, black and hispanic men. the gender gap lives in 18 percentage points. women ohio voted for obama and women, men in ohio voted for romney. the marriage gap was a whopping 41 points with married voters decidedly republican in this election and the rowing group of nonmarried's overwhelmingly democratic. all of these data are in our new aei political report prepared by andrew and we want to thank claude for getting this report on the fault of the latest 2012 data for 22 key demographic groups available for you today. the demographic changes are being felt in congress too. david wasserman at "the cook political report" wrote that for the first time ever white men will no longer be a majority in the democratic caucus. in 1953, he says there were 98% of house democrats and 97% of house republicans. along with the demographic data, the exit polls show obama was able to defuse the economic issues and he won overwhelmingly on empa
men voted for romney. white, black and hispanic women were more democratic than white, black and hispanic men. the gender gap lives in 18 percentage points. women ohio voted for obama and women, men in ohio voted for romney. the marriage gap was a whopping 41 points with married voters decidedly republican in this election and the rowing group of nonmarried's overwhelmingly democratic. all of these data are in our new aei political report prepared by andrew and we want to thank claude for...
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in this case, mitt romney just passed it by. the sentiments are so strong, you don't want to confront or engage that. he said when asked by reporters later to be true, of course not. the house republican budget. committee. is now preceding to do two things. to insist on lower overall discretionary spending, that was agreed to in the law that came at the end of that dreadful process of holding the debt ceiling hostage. so unilaterally they declared that a floor for cuts and not a ceiling. now as a way of avoiding a vote sequestration of the defense budget propose a really remarkable search of additional cutbacks, and means tested programs of one sort or another. i even saw the most lucid and analytic of reporters, david rogers, show his emotion in the course of writing about that. and of course we had yesterday, successful republican filibuster on senate democratic plan for setting extending a lower student loan rate and financing it in a particular way. that is no surprise. in the new york times, this is the 20 first successful
in this case, mitt romney just passed it by. the sentiments are so strong, you don't want to confront or engage that. he said when asked by reporters later to be true, of course not. the house republican budget. committee. is now preceding to do two things. to insist on lower overall discretionary spending, that was agreed to in the law that came at the end of that dreadful process of holding the debt ceiling hostage. so unilaterally they declared that a floor for cuts and not a ceiling. now as...
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at some of romney as well. and if you're one of those states, you're getting in the uk 10 years of campaigning. so that's where it is. these are polarizing packs. and unless somehow these things work in a different direction i think it will continue to polarize. i think the next congress will be more polarized. on a couple of the race and matheson is a wonderful representative from utah. well respected. he sitting in the wrong district in utah with ron at the top the ticket. i think the people in district, they like him fine, but they just want a republican. connie who lost her reelection, she says what's wrong is they just wanted democratic you vote with them a lot of the time but they like to personally, saw the same thing in rhode island senate race. but the second parliamentary elections to a great extent barring a broad candidate like kenny in massachusetts. >> great. want to turn to martin and they come back to you depression more on what you think will happen but let's turn to martin and the floor is you
at some of romney as well. and if you're one of those states, you're getting in the uk 10 years of campaigning. so that's where it is. these are polarizing packs. and unless somehow these things work in a different direction i think it will continue to polarize. i think the next congress will be more polarized. on a couple of the race and matheson is a wonderful representative from utah. well respected. he sitting in the wrong district in utah with ron at the top the ticket. i think the people...
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i won't say much about mitt romney. i'd love to be proven wrong, but on the basis of the public statements, private comments that have become public, and choice of foreign policy advisers, there's no chance he will be engaged in starting a peace process. obama's a different matter. he wants a palestinian state. he was decisively rebuked in the first year and a half of the administration, couldn't persuade israel to carry out a settlement freeze, much less withdraw from territory. could next yeah be different? i fell into the camp of those who think the time for a two-state solution has probably passed. israeli settlements recolluded the possibility. there's settlers committed to staying there. it's not clear any israeli government could remove them without risking a civil war, and though there's mild israeli polling majorities in favor of a two-state solution, there's no significant israeli constituency for giving up sovereignty over east jerusalem, and the palestinian state without the capital is a non-starter. there's
i won't say much about mitt romney. i'd love to be proven wrong, but on the basis of the public statements, private comments that have become public, and choice of foreign policy advisers, there's no chance he will be engaged in starting a peace process. obama's a different matter. he wants a palestinian state. he was decisively rebuked in the first year and a half of the administration, couldn't persuade israel to carry out a settlement freeze, much less withdraw from territory. could next...
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romney spoke just how he felt. and not only that's not how he felt, this is how the republican party feel. they take the blacks, the hispanics, the gays, they take everybody for granted. now here come bobby jindal, he's one of the worst ones. in his state he's trying to keep people from getting health care. what about all the stuff he's denying people? now all of a sudden these words, these words are not going to change people. republicans, wake up. people are not stupid! they are not fools. your words -- >> and we're going to break away from this recorded portion of this morning's "washington journal," take you back live now to the brookings institution where we're getting underway with panel number two. >> compilation of alan's very, very detailed writings on cross-strait relations will be released, and i encourage you all to go there. i will be there. that's 2:00 at the stimson center, 1119 -- >> [inaudible] >> oh, i'm sorry, yeah, yeah. 1119 -- >> call ahead. >> but call ahead. thank you, alan. and we'll look f
romney spoke just how he felt. and not only that's not how he felt, this is how the republican party feel. they take the blacks, the hispanics, the gays, they take everybody for granted. now here come bobby jindal, he's one of the worst ones. in his state he's trying to keep people from getting health care. what about all the stuff he's denying people? now all of a sudden these words, these words are not going to change people. republicans, wake up. people are not stupid! they are not fools....
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in this case mitt romney won 59% of white voters and lost. in a race that was very close and the popular vote but really not that competitive in the electoral college in the end. i mean, that is kind of a striking moment. mont blanc, the terrific political scientist and historian said in a couple years ago, most american history white majorities have ruled. candidates of most whites -- barack obama became the first nominee to lose weight by double-digit and went on to win but when the biggest democratic victory in 44 years. and in this election he lost white voters by 20 points and one. and he won because democrat republicans in effect are conceding, once again in this election 80% of the growing minority population. i wrote in august that obama's forum for victory was 80-40, 26. he won 80% of them. if he matched that began and they were at least that much of a vote he could get a majority of the national vote with only about 40% of whites. is 24 now turned out to be 80-39-28. angina, the fundamental fallacy that any conservative analysts had
in this case mitt romney won 59% of white voters and lost. in a race that was very close and the popular vote but really not that competitive in the electoral college in the end. i mean, that is kind of a striking moment. mont blanc, the terrific political scientist and historian said in a couple years ago, most american history white majorities have ruled. candidates of most whites -- barack obama became the first nominee to lose weight by double-digit and went on to win but when the biggest...
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romney gives people cancer. that kind of stuff, not morning in america, didn't do a good job, not here is my plan for the future, here's my entitlement reform, here's my plan here. they voted for and wrote for a budget score twice with virtually every republican in the house and the senate so, they made it clear where they were going. obama ran against romney to raise taxes so the president won the mandate not to beat romney the next four years because he gives people cancer and is a bad person and is mean to dogs. he didn't make the case for what he wants to do. he didn't spend time on that in either defending his record or making the case for the next four years would look like other than he would be a bad person. the deadlock or gridlock is better than going in the wrong direction. it's been a big improvement in the wrong direction for the last two years in the administration. you talk about the presidential leadership. we are going to have a certain amount of gridlock on a bunch of issues because you can mak
romney gives people cancer. that kind of stuff, not morning in america, didn't do a good job, not here is my plan for the future, here's my entitlement reform, here's my plan here. they voted for and wrote for a budget score twice with virtually every republican in the house and the senate so, they made it clear where they were going. obama ran against romney to raise taxes so the president won the mandate not to beat romney the next four years because he gives people cancer and is a bad person...
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other than mitt romney. mitt romney has come out in full support of me because he knows that once he's president with me as chairman of the finance committee where 60% of the spending is that we're going to reform this tax code, we're going to take care of entitlements, we're going to get rid of obamacare, and above all, we've got a real shot at passing a balanced budget constitutional amendment for the fist time. >> moderator: a rebuttal, mr. howell. howell: thank you. you know, senator, you can't ride on the coat tails of governor romney. you have to stand up for who you are. you have a record, and that's what we're talking about tonight. you know, you've been the ranking member on the finance committee. why haven't we solved these problems today? ladies and gentlemen, i believe firmly that we need businessmen who have had the experience of having a budget, being collaborative, solving a budget, making sure that we utilize everything we can. that's why it's time for a change. we need new ideas back there,
other than mitt romney. mitt romney has come out in full support of me because he knows that once he's president with me as chairman of the finance committee where 60% of the spending is that we're going to reform this tax code, we're going to take care of entitlements, we're going to get rid of obamacare, and above all, we've got a real shot at passing a balanced budget constitutional amendment for the fist time. >> moderator: a rebuttal, mr. howell. howell: thank you. you know, senator,...
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in the end mitt romney loss but in the end it didn't make a difference. i will also say when you can not coordinate between a campaign and someone else helping you, sometimes the ads are less helpful. some of the ads were good. some of them weren't. some of them were off message. and in your business, think about it with your markets efforts. if you had to have a marketing team within your business but also an outside marketing team you had no control over and couldn't commune kate with, how would you feel about your results? probably not very good because you want to be able to target it and, you know, develop your message appropriately and, there was, i'm not saying that it was, it was, not without some impact. i think it had a lot of impact but it would be much more impactful obviously. it would be run through the campaign and have it be consistent with the campaign's message. >> i'm being told that is, that is the end of this session but one bit of housekeeping. we're going to have dessert and coffee downstairs where we have been having the meetings r
in the end mitt romney loss but in the end it didn't make a difference. i will also say when you can not coordinate between a campaign and someone else helping you, sometimes the ads are less helpful. some of the ads were good. some of them weren't. some of them were off message. and in your business, think about it with your markets efforts. if you had to have a marketing team within your business but also an outside marketing team you had no control over and couldn't commune kate with, how...
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and when you look at the obama strategy and the romney strategy, made romney actually won independence and suburban voters a narrow margin, but still on them. on tuesday night. and that was what his strategy was. he wanted to focus on that but it showed there were purely more types of people that the obama campaign was targeting. another really interesting element what you think about the money, all the money that was spent on not just the presidential race by the senate contest and house contests, we can evaluate whether it was effective or not. i liked using the example of virginia where you at $51.5 million of outside spending in the senate contest compared to 30 million for the two candidates for the parties combined. the campaign was able to win. the majority of that was republican spending. but it was pretty evenly spit. so the question is, is effective? are people just looking at saturation? or you can't match organization on the ground. that's one element. or is it possible that the president is a republican outside groups were trying to tie the campaign to pretty effectively,
and when you look at the obama strategy and the romney strategy, made romney actually won independence and suburban voters a narrow margin, but still on them. on tuesday night. and that was what his strategy was. he wanted to focus on that but it showed there were purely more types of people that the obama campaign was targeting. another really interesting element what you think about the money, all the money that was spent on not just the presidential race by the senate contest and house...
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[no audio] [no audio] [no audio] -- what was arguably governor romney's finest moment of the campaign. the first debate. it's a thank you very much for being here. our title today is the future of the republican party. that assumes of course that has one. [laughter] and let's start by talking about the election because he played obviously a crucial role in ohio. i want to get a sense of you're now seeing reports that the campaign was very surprised by the outcome, even right up to the evening of election day because the polls were showing something different. your polls are showing something different than everybody else. if thatcher and how surprised was the campaign? >> will first, it was a very close election in ohio. ohio is one of the key states. even if we want it turns out the electoral vote count would've gone to president obama. we lost by two points in ohio and recall back in 2004, when john kerry lost to george bush, he would often say both publicly and to me on the floor of the senate, but perhaps the people could fit in the ohio state stadium i'd be president today. so wa
[no audio] [no audio] [no audio] -- what was arguably governor romney's finest moment of the campaign. the first debate. it's a thank you very much for being here. our title today is the future of the republican party. that assumes of course that has one. [laughter] and let's start by talking about the election because he played obviously a crucial role in ohio. i want to get a sense of you're now seeing reports that the campaign was very surprised by the outcome, even right up to the evening...
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i mean, romney carried exactly one out of 11. i mean, he basically one with john mccain one, plus indiana which nobody really considered a swing state, plus north carolina. that's it. now, you go one out of 11, okay, then you have the senate costs. in our category we have 10 tossup senate races. and republicans lost nine out of 10. and i have to say this because i think that senator cornyn and all the folks at the rnc, i think it's one of the more talented campaign committees i've ever seen. and two cycles in a row that had the worst block, and i use lock in a broad firm because a lot of it was to what stu talked about a little while ago. when your party nominates people that are so exotic that they have little or no chance of winning general elections, that out to be very winnable, i'm sorry, that's not something that a campaign committee can do anything about. and as stu said, if your party bosses from washington dictating where candidates are going to be, or do you apply yourself to be at the mercy of a bunch of lactose. spent
i mean, romney carried exactly one out of 11. i mean, he basically one with john mccain one, plus indiana which nobody really considered a swing state, plus north carolina. that's it. now, you go one out of 11, okay, then you have the senate costs. in our category we have 10 tossup senate races. and republicans lost nine out of 10. and i have to say this because i think that senator cornyn and all the folks at the rnc, i think it's one of the more talented campaign committees i've ever seen....
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romney may win the state by 20 points. he is not going to win by double digits, but i think right now we have given congressman rick berg a very narrow edge. >> in montana we have jon tester? >> yes, the makings of a three-way race. they have put money into a libertarian candidate and try to boost them enough to take away. they could just get it and also the jon tester can have a plurality -- what i would be watching for is how much they are getting as candidates. they are getting a substantial amount. the last two races to be called on election night in 2006, they were both for montana and virginia. i think that we are approaching another scenario of outcomes in montana. >> let's focus on three more states. you touched on missouri. what's going to happen when clair mccaskill tries for a second term? >> i think that she is a political survivor. but not necessarily of her own making. i think that she has turned out some really good as. she has had survivors talking about this and again, republicans looking at this race, the
romney may win the state by 20 points. he is not going to win by double digits, but i think right now we have given congressman rick berg a very narrow edge. >> in montana we have jon tester? >> yes, the makings of a three-way race. they have put money into a libertarian candidate and try to boost them enough to take away. they could just get it and also the jon tester can have a plurality -- what i would be watching for is how much they are getting as candidates. they are getting a...
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you mentioned that they romney lost and we keep this strategy of light footprints. and mentioned that europe would like to see more leaders. the reason that i study western hemisphere, most of the countries would like to see greater involvement of the u.s., not all, as paul mentioned, venezuela is one of those that would not, but i wonder, you know, as you mentioned, the people, the united states is not ready to take on the rule, economic reasons, afghanistan, where tired of it. but i wonder if, as the world becomes accustomed to the u.s. taking less of of role that one day we will look back and regret that the world is accustomed to the u.s. not leading. i wonder if i could your reactions. >> and there was one over here. right here. >> thank you. since afghanistan was mentioned several times. >> name and affiliation. >> name and affiliation. >> come from afghanistan. immediately i have a small comments then followed by a question. immediately after september september 11th the normal was to kill and capture. bring them to justice. it denied the militant extremism a
you mentioned that they romney lost and we keep this strategy of light footprints. and mentioned that europe would like to see more leaders. the reason that i study western hemisphere, most of the countries would like to see greater involvement of the u.s., not all, as paul mentioned, venezuela is one of those that would not, but i wonder, you know, as you mentioned, the people, the united states is not ready to take on the rule, economic reasons, afghanistan, where tired of it. but i wonder...
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if romney had won, we wouldn't be saying this. but clearly, they were living in a kind of hermetically-sealed universe where before the election you had, again, not just romney partisans, but a lot of the people who have been watching too much fox, people like, you know, they should be held accountable, george will, michael barone, dick morris -- >> i think it was -- is trey grayson here? >> yeah, trey wrote a good piece about this. >> trey is one of our co-sponsors. >> so jonathan martin wrote a terrific piece in politico where he called it cealism, and what he meant was that in 1972 pauline kale, living on the upper west side of manhattan, the great film critic -- >> curtis dixon of -- [inaudible conversations] only knew one person who voted for her. >> for nixon, and he carried every state other than massachusetts. so i think something like that less extreme version because obama didn't do as well as nixon, but something like that was going on. when you had serious people -- i had a bet with hugh hewitt, the conservative radio
if romney had won, we wouldn't be saying this. but clearly, they were living in a kind of hermetically-sealed universe where before the election you had, again, not just romney partisans, but a lot of the people who have been watching too much fox, people like, you know, they should be held accountable, george will, michael barone, dick morris -- >> i think it was -- is trey grayson here? >> yeah, trey wrote a good piece about this. >> trey is one of our co-sponsors. >>...
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and 7-2 romney and quite frankly it has been about that. it has been roughly 3-1. that is the highest it's been but quite frankly it's been high all through. but what if they split it or romney just got a little bit more? if romney had 151% of the lgbt vote he would have won ohio, florida and virginia. he would have been within four electoral votes of the presidency. so in ohio and florida, albeit to do was win a little over one third of the lgbt vote to win this big. so while i don't think that suggests that suddenly in the way that we are not talking about like immigration and things that republicans have to rethink their strategy, i don't think it's quite that level of impact, but a little bit of movement on any lgbt vote in key states, there would have been a very different picture for the national election. and so while i'm not willing to say that they lgbt vote won the election for obama, what i strongly think is it made a very important difference in the tenor of the election and in the majority of the electoral college and it defini
and 7-2 romney and quite frankly it has been about that. it has been roughly 3-1. that is the highest it's been but quite frankly it's been high all through. but what if they split it or romney just got a little bit more? if romney had 151% of the lgbt vote he would have won ohio, florida and virginia. he would have been within four electoral votes of the presidency. so in ohio and florida, albeit to do was win a little over one third of the lgbt vote to win this big. so while i don't think...
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i'm trying to think that romney is an attractive candidate. when it tells you something about what people perceive, i think he was defined in the republican primaries. i don't think he ever fully recovered from the damage that was inflicted when he was moving so far to the right when he came and got to the general election and -- >> but he didn't have a choice, did he? [talking over each other] >> we saw what jon huntsman day. >> he was pushing towards 3%. >> in basic, i think, going on in the republican party that is unhealthy for the country. trent lott is not comfortable, in that party. >> i don't know when i became an established moderate. [laughter] >> but you are an established moderate. [laughter] >> all right, let's open it up. i know there are a number of people here tonight who have decided to get engaged in this fight and way that ceos of large companies have not come in the past, mark, maybe i will put you on the spot. will you allow me to do that? you have your senator up here. i am proud of mark's involvement. when we send out. o
i'm trying to think that romney is an attractive candidate. when it tells you something about what people perceive, i think he was defined in the republican primaries. i don't think he ever fully recovered from the damage that was inflicted when he was moving so far to the right when he came and got to the general election and -- >> but he didn't have a choice, did he? [talking over each other] >> we saw what jon huntsman day. >> he was pushing towards 3%. >> in basic, i...
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but then it is time to put mitt romney in the rearview mirror and proceed. as richard regnery menchov there are governors, senators, congressmen, many others who in the next go round will be certainly there to be the candidate. i think we need to start looking at those people early on and organizing behind them so that we have a clear view of where we are going with those candidates. and of course the other thing is in 2014 there is a bright view of senate takeover by republicans as any time in the last 30 or 40 years the number of republicans the will be up for reelection as opposed to the democrats after two more years of obama and harry reid my guess is the american people will be ready for a significant change in the senate and republicans take back the senate in 2014 they will make the last two years of the obama administration a very miserable time for the president. those are a few of the things we all look forward to taking your questions and thank you all for coming today. >> thank you, al. open for questions. yes, right back here. >> can you give m
but then it is time to put mitt romney in the rearview mirror and proceed. as richard regnery menchov there are governors, senators, congressmen, many others who in the next go round will be certainly there to be the candidate. i think we need to start looking at those people early on and organizing behind them so that we have a clear view of where we are going with those candidates. and of course the other thing is in 2014 there is a bright view of senate takeover by republicans as any time in...
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romney had none of that in his background. actually the had the iran were used to raise taxes and they said something the press didn't focus on although we send it out as a press release. and that was in 2008. romney said i will never raise your taxes if you're not less than two and $50,000 a year. no tax increase. there was the commitment in 2008. he started to repeat the verbatim again and again and again. my plan is if you're in less than two did $50,000 to write to changes that didn't get talked about on cbs or nbc or any of the networks is he just announced the tax tomorrow and not have broken his word on the energy tax rate in the middle class they could raise income taxes on people a year from now which is why what he wanted to do is kick out the tax rates for people that are less than 250 for a year. he can't get -- and this is where you talk about the dual mandate. we are talking about marginal tax rates on higher income people and successful small businesses. that raises 400 billion on the taxes in addition to the ra
romney had none of that in his background. actually the had the iran were used to raise taxes and they said something the press didn't focus on although we send it out as a press release. and that was in 2008. romney said i will never raise your taxes if you're not less than two and $50,000 a year. no tax increase. there was the commitment in 2008. he started to repeat the verbatim again and again and again. my plan is if you're in less than two did $50,000 to write to changes that didn't get...
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and that was governor romney's finest moment in the campaign. the first debate thank you for being here. the title today is the future of the republican party. this assumes of course it has one. [laughter] let's start by talking about the election because you played a crucial role in ohio, and i want to give your sense we are now seeing reports that the campaign was very surprised by the outcome even right up to the evening of election day because they were showing something different than everybody else. is that true and really how surprised was the campaign? >> first was a very close election in ohio even if we want ohio it turns out that the electoral votes would have gone to president obama but we lost by two points in ohio. recall back in 2004 when john carey lost to george bush he would often say both publicly and to me on the floor of the senate and the people you could fit in the ohio stadium why would the president today. so it was a very narrow victory. i do think there were some reasons that were almost technical some as you understan
and that was governor romney's finest moment in the campaign. the first debate thank you for being here. the title today is the future of the republican party. this assumes of course it has one. [laughter] let's start by talking about the election because you played a crucial role in ohio, and i want to give your sense we are now seeing reports that the campaign was very surprised by the outcome even right up to the evening of election day because they were showing something different than...
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i would have begin a limb to see mitt romney turn to him and say, mr. president, i knew bill clinton. [laughter] [applause] our ideas work. their ideas don't. the last four years, our economy's grown 1.5% a year. that is less than half the historical average for 70 years average 3.3% growth a year. now, this president is fond of saying he inherited the worst economy in the history of the universe. [laughter] everything, by the way, is george w. bush's fault. he doesn't have much historical memory when he makes that argument. any of y'all remember 1978-79? double digit unemployment, 22% interest rates, gas lines, stagflation. in 1980 #, a very, very different president got legislatedded. ronald reagan, like barack obama, inherited a struggling economy, and reagan implemented policies 180 opposite those of obama. instead of jacking up taxes, he slashedded taxes. instead of exploding spending in the debt, he restrained the growth of spending, and instead of unleashing the hounds of regulators, by the way, when i think of regulators, i can't help but thinki
i would have begin a limb to see mitt romney turn to him and say, mr. president, i knew bill clinton. [laughter] [applause] our ideas work. their ideas don't. the last four years, our economy's grown 1.5% a year. that is less than half the historical average for 70 years average 3.3% growth a year. now, this president is fond of saying he inherited the worst economy in the history of the universe. [laughter] everything, by the way, is george w. bush's fault. he doesn't have much historical...
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what are you going to do if governor romney wins and becomes president?" and i said, well, i'm going to respect him as president, do everything i can to help work with him to solve the problems of this country. and do you know what he said? he said, "i'm going to hold you to that." well, he should. i mean, that really is the responsibility we all have, regardless of party, to work with the president to solve our nation's problems. now, there were some who said four years ago that when they viewed the new president, president obama, their goal was to make sure, above all, that he was a one-term president. that's an unfortunate statement because it suggests that solving problems and dealing with our challenge was secondary to a political victory. i hope that in his second term, the president can turn to both sides of the aisle in congress and find support for solving our nation's problems. and there are many. the first one is this fiscal cliff which americans are hearing more and more about. on december the 31st of this year, laws will expire and things are
what are you going to do if governor romney wins and becomes president?" and i said, well, i'm going to respect him as president, do everything i can to help work with him to solve the problems of this country. and do you know what he said? he said, "i'm going to hold you to that." well, he should. i mean, that really is the responsibility we all have, regardless of party, to work with the president to solve our nation's problems. now, there were some who said four years ago that...
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going to hear from barack obama for president, i would have heard with romney for president. that's just the way of campaigns, and you all know that. i think you have to think of china in two ways. and one was come it is sort of summed up. i had a meeting in beijing a couple weeks ago and i met with a man named john who will be the premier of china. so he's talking in chinese, very interesting man. and he says something in chinese and the translator translated, america and china are not rivals. i thought well, that's interesting. and he stopped the translator and said no know. i didn't say we were not rivals. we are rivals. but i said we're not necessarily on the opposite side of the table. and i think he captured something very important there. i think the way you need to take about china is this way. it's a huge country. world's most populous country. it is trying to change at a rate and on a scale that the world has never seen before. and that's a very hard thing to do. and i think we need to think about china in two ways. to the extent what they want is what most countrie
going to hear from barack obama for president, i would have heard with romney for president. that's just the way of campaigns, and you all know that. i think you have to think of china in two ways. and one was come it is sort of summed up. i had a meeting in beijing a couple weeks ago and i met with a man named john who will be the premier of china. so he's talking in chinese, very interesting man. and he says something in chinese and the translator translated, america and china are not rivals....
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if we see any slippage in that area, that would spell some trouble for mitt romney. orlando, the democrats should win the orlando area. the president should benefit from the large puerto rican population that's heavily democrat in the orlando area. if we see him not doing well in the orlando area, then it's going to be a long night for president obama. >> well, there are a couple of key areas. first of all, let's go to eastern iowa, and let's look at scott county which on the iowa side of the border would be davenport and bettendorf. a couple hundred thousand people. it's a swing county. davenport is industrial, transdemocratic. bettendorf is more suburban, trends republican. very, very swing district. it goes both ways depending on the election, so it'll depend on turnout out there. and if you go to the northwest corner, northwest quarter of the state, that's a rural, very, very republican area, and one of the things we'll be watching for there on election night is turnout. because that's an area that trends republican, but it's an area that's more or less evangelic
if we see any slippage in that area, that would spell some trouble for mitt romney. orlando, the democrats should win the orlando area. the president should benefit from the large puerto rican population that's heavily democrat in the orlando area. if we see him not doing well in the orlando area, then it's going to be a long night for president obama. >> well, there are a couple of key areas. first of all, let's go to eastern iowa, and let's look at scott county which on the iowa side of...
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i don't think mitt romney needs to get social security benefits when he retires. he has that big ira. swedes are very quickly means testing social security, and then we would recap what social security is. we make it more like what it was originally intended which was insurance against poverty. we don't want seniors to outlive their savings and we want to ensure they have no threat of living in poverty in retirement, and social security for too many seniors today does not give that. so, we strengthen the benefit. but we move to a flat benefit. it's no longer income replacement is more of a defined contribution kind of model. it's a flat benefit. it's real insurance. it will be there if you need it. if your mitt romney and you put all of your money and with what's his head, corzine and you don't have any the next day you get a flat social security benefit. you won't be able to live in the boca that will live above the poverty level so we saw the two phases of that and the first is important because it takes common sense ideas that are on the table and in the right
i don't think mitt romney needs to get social security benefits when he retires. he has that big ira. swedes are very quickly means testing social security, and then we would recap what social security is. we make it more like what it was originally intended which was insurance against poverty. we don't want seniors to outlive their savings and we want to ensure they have no threat of living in poverty in retirement, and social security for too many seniors today does not give that. so, we...
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whether that was tommy thompson or mitt romney. i think, i think, from a paid media perspective, and someone who is sort of calling shots whether or not we're putting resources into mail or television or online, we, you know, as i started out, we started this campaign with a healthy fear of citizens united and what the other side was going to be able to do. so both in tammy's campaign we knew that the day after the primary we needed to define tommy thompson as quickly as possible and make sure everyone, particularly female voters, who needed more information about a guy who they had known for years as their governor had gone to washington. had lobbied for big corporations and sort of left those in wisconsin and was going to take care of folks other than the middle class in wisconsin. if he was to return. so, our job was to define him quickly and maintain that sort of competitive edge. the shocking news was that they gave us about 30 days free and, they didn't come in and give tommy any cover. same thing on the obama campaign. we so
whether that was tommy thompson or mitt romney. i think, i think, from a paid media perspective, and someone who is sort of calling shots whether or not we're putting resources into mail or television or online, we, you know, as i started out, we started this campaign with a healthy fear of citizens united and what the other side was going to be able to do. so both in tammy's campaign we knew that the day after the primary we needed to define tommy thompson as quickly as possible and make sure...
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hi i'm romney here with a plasma for you. i'm interested in your thought you mentioned politician and talking about congress in responding what about the way that -- you do you think the balance of the way we communicate in the race for president along with the super bowl is one of the big civic activity that involve everything in the country. do you think the balance is going to shift. is it more effect toif try to reach people as individuals online or do you still see it the carpet bombing television approach dominating going out in the future. 12024. >> 2028 one of the exciting thing i see is disruption. they continue care about money per se. they care about vote. the mean by which you get votes. if you get enough dpeem it on your behalf it's valuable if not more so. 300 million people talking amoption each other candidates support the value there is greater. you have a dissing -- and the exa. finish people receiving information with the channels of friends and sort of mainstream broadcast you're going undermine the value
hi i'm romney here with a plasma for you. i'm interested in your thought you mentioned politician and talking about congress in responding what about the way that -- you do you think the balance of the way we communicate in the race for president along with the super bowl is one of the big civic activity that involve everything in the country. do you think the balance is going to shift. is it more effect toif try to reach people as individuals online or do you still see it the carpet bombing...
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what about romney administration? what sorts of proposal, if any, have been articulated? >> well, let me make it clear that i did not say that there had been a proposal by the administration. they produced a long awaited white paper in january of 2011. a government solution, he plans solution, or a hybrid solution. i am not being facetious in saying that. so we haven't had a proposal from either side. the mortgage market has changed because of that and i think that the republicans and the administration, as they came in, would want to go more towards a free-market kind of solution without any gse. i would hope that the suggestion that i made and the mortgage bankers association made would be seen as something that both sides could live with, and that it is largely a private capital solution. there is not a freddie or fannie. they're our are capital companies that are competing to have the ability to pay a premium in order to get a government guarantee of their underlying security. i would hope that that would seem is enough of a free-market solution that republicans would
what about romney administration? what sorts of proposal, if any, have been articulated? >> well, let me make it clear that i did not say that there had been a proposal by the administration. they produced a long awaited white paper in january of 2011. a government solution, he plans solution, or a hybrid solution. i am not being facetious in saying that. so we haven't had a proposal from either side. the mortgage market has changed because of that and i think that the republicans and the...
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there's so many ads this year, the romney and obama ads take a snippet of footage in replay to try to predict who the opponent. but this ad does both things sinister effect is. >> an orthopedic surgeon. >> president clinton, creating opportunity for children. $10,000 of college tuition tax-deductible, making most community college is free. gingrich tried to cut scholarships. >> will dominate the department of education. >> president clinton, building a bridge to the 21st century. >> another good example. this is a decent film editing. these children that evoke all of our hopes and dreams and then cut the department of education,
there's so many ads this year, the romney and obama ads take a snippet of footage in replay to try to predict who the opponent. but this ad does both things sinister effect is. >> an orthopedic surgeon. >> president clinton, creating opportunity for children. $10,000 of college tuition tax-deductible, making most community college is free. gingrich tried to cut scholarships. >> will dominate the department of education. >> president clinton, building a bridge to the 21st...
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ann romney is in the swing state of ohio today campaigning for her husband, of course. you'll be able to see her remarks live starting at noon eastern on c-span. a little bit later this afternoon it'll be mitt romney in virginia at the farm bureau center in doswell, see that live at 2:15 eastern also on c-span. a little bit later the focus will shift to state races with a debate for candidates to represent rhode island's 1st district. watch that debate live at 7:30 eastern on c-span. and finally president obama is back on the campaign trail. we'll have him live from the university of colorado at boulder, and that's at 9 p.m. eastern. c-span will have that too. >> i regard medicare as not just a program, but a promise. i was raised by my grand apartments. i got to see how medicare worked at a very young age, and it is -- they paid in throughout their working lives. we have to strengthen and extend its solvency. but i would note that tommy thompson supports a program to replace traditional medicare with a voucher. send people off to the private health insurance world with
ann romney is in the swing state of ohio today campaigning for her husband, of course. you'll be able to see her remarks live starting at noon eastern on c-span. a little bit later this afternoon it'll be mitt romney in virginia at the farm bureau center in doswell, see that live at 2:15 eastern also on c-span. a little bit later the focus will shift to state races with a debate for candidates to represent rhode island's 1st district. watch that debate live at 7:30 eastern on c-span. and...
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as the mitt romney is the one that brought it up. >> he brought it up second. >> mr. sanders can you respond to what mr. moss said? sanders: in the transportation bill we are going to bring in over $400 million into the state of vermont to rebuild our roads and bridges and put money in and create a whole lot of jobs and the last few years we've greatly expanded community health centers for hundred thousand 20 vermonters are accessing the primary health care through community health centers creating jobs there as well. we have expanded veterans' programs in the state of vermont so that is all over the state created jobs. >> moderator: let's talk about gridlocks we've already mentioned it and we will start with you. what are you going to do to try to break the gridlock in washington, d.c.? it's not a problem for the parties to have fingers the point that for reasons they can't get something done and said that is one of the things that i recognized immediately when i started thinking of a solution to the problem, and since changing the way we vote so that we write the bi
as the mitt romney is the one that brought it up. >> he brought it up second. >> mr. sanders can you respond to what mr. moss said? sanders: in the transportation bill we are going to bring in over $400 million into the state of vermont to rebuild our roads and bridges and put money in and create a whole lot of jobs and the last few years we've greatly expanded community health centers for hundred thousand 20 vermonters are accessing the primary health care through community health...
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as romney proved during the campaign come you can't do it by doc tureen of the tax code. that should be part of the deal. when he took tax tax reform. we have to have people who have done so well during this difficult time we've had. the richest of the rich have to pay a little bit more to solve financial problems in this country. [inaudible conversations] >> now the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell. he also spoke to leaders of the c. in any event should include changes to entitlement programs. >> at afternoon, everyone. as we head into the fiscal cliff negotiations, my advice to the president with eocene friends on the other side have difficulty turning off the campaign. we need to sit down and work this matter out. i think we have a clear sense there is an opportunity at the end of the year to do something important for the country. we all know that the most critical steps to be taken are to save the entitlements, which are on an unsustainable path to bankruptcy. there's no better time to begin to fix that problem right now. so i would hope our friends on the o
as romney proved during the campaign come you can't do it by doc tureen of the tax code. that should be part of the deal. when he took tax tax reform. we have to have people who have done so well during this difficult time we've had. the richest of the rich have to pay a little bit more to solve financial problems in this country. [inaudible conversations] >> now the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell. he also spoke to leaders of the c. in any event should include changes to...
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senate races, we discussed it in the house races, and of course president obama and candidate governor romney discussed it again and again. my friend talks about a consensus. let me tell you the consensus. more than 60% of the people agree with president obama and the democrats that we ought to climb down off this fiscal cliff in the next five minutes and pass what the senate passed, which is to renew all the bush tax cuts and go back for those over 250,000 to the rates of bill clinton. that's what we passed here. that will bring us almost a trillion dollars over ten years. that will get us to climb down that cliff. then we have got other parts of the cliff, there's no question about it, the automatic sequester. i think it's easy to deal with that by bringing home some of the overseas account money and applying it to the sequester and getting rid of at least half of that sequester, maybe all of the sequester. but no, you're going to listen to these speeches every day about how we're obsessed with taxes. what are you talking about, obsessed with taxes? i'll tell you what i'm obsessed about. i'
senate races, we discussed it in the house races, and of course president obama and candidate governor romney discussed it again and again. my friend talks about a consensus. let me tell you the consensus. more than 60% of the people agree with president obama and the democrats that we ought to climb down off this fiscal cliff in the next five minutes and pass what the senate passed, which is to renew all the bush tax cuts and go back for those over 250,000 to the rates of bill clinton. that's...
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just like every single republican pollster said that romney was going to win. they were 100% wrong, and we had a broom instead. so they have zero credibility. they are wrong about everything and they lie about everything. >> do you feel better? >> yes. [laughter] >> jamie, did you of anything else? okay. stephanie, you indicated that you have a formal think you would like to discuss, or you have some opening remarks and we will give you even though we are already open, so would you, please. you can get appear if you like, absolutely. >> i have a slight chill. -- slideshow. i thought everyone would have one. so, i guess when i started thinking about fiscal cliff and what the options are, i came up with essentially three. one is to do nothing. and hit the cliff and let the cuts go into place and tax increases going to place, what we've been talking about here. the other is to act with a sense of urgency, to avoid the cliff, strike some sort of a grand bargain, jump before you hit the cliff. and the last one is the one everyone here seems i think to favor, which i
just like every single republican pollster said that romney was going to win. they were 100% wrong, and we had a broom instead. so they have zero credibility. they are wrong about everything and they lie about everything. >> do you feel better? >> yes. [laughter] >> jamie, did you of anything else? okay. stephanie, you indicated that you have a formal think you would like to discuss, or you have some opening remarks and we will give you even though we are already open, so...
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has been interesting to me that in the last presidential campaign one of the issues asked of governor romney as well as president obama is, are you for the dream act? i guess that says a lot about this legislation and the idea of the principle behind it. when i introduced the dream act 11 years ago it was because i met a young woman from chicago, teresa li who was korean, came to this country as a child, was raised in the united states but her parents never filed the documentation. so teresa li was graduating from high school. an accomplished pianist, had been accepted by the juilliard school of music but she was undocumented. she wasn't a citizen. she wasn't here legally. so she came to our office and asked what she could do and we had to advise her mom, under the law, teresa, having lived in this country for more than 16 years, had to leave and go back to brazil where her family had been before they had immigrated to the united states. what a waste of talent. so i introduced the dream act to give her and many like her a chance, to become part of america. over the years we have had many vot
has been interesting to me that in the last presidential campaign one of the issues asked of governor romney as well as president obama is, are you for the dream act? i guess that says a lot about this legislation and the idea of the principle behind it. when i introduced the dream act 11 years ago it was because i met a young woman from chicago, teresa li who was korean, came to this country as a child, was raised in the united states but her parents never filed the documentation. so teresa li...
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the republican approach, the ryan budget plan, was literally on the ballot and romney and ryan opbd other republicans were -- and other republicans were not shy about telling the american people they didn't think the rich should pay a penny more in this tax deal. not only did democrats win races across the country, but in exit polling it was clear that the vast majority of americans supported our approach to deficit reduction, a balanced approach, an approach that cuts spending responsibly but also calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share. madam president, voters spoke pretty clearly in this election and they stood behind democrats to fight for a budget deal that works for middle class. and we are hearing encouraging words from some of our republican colleagues who have indicated a willingness to put revenue on the table and to break that stranglehold that d.c. lobbyist grover norquist has on the republican party. one of my colleagues said republicans should put revenue on the table. we don't generate enough revenue and said he would not be beholden to the norquist pledge. another sai
the republican approach, the ryan budget plan, was literally on the ballot and romney and ryan opbd other republicans were -- and other republicans were not shy about telling the american people they didn't think the rich should pay a penny more in this tax deal. not only did democrats win races across the country, but in exit polling it was clear that the vast majority of americans supported our approach to deficit reduction, a balanced approach, an approach that cuts spending responsibly but...
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i wouldn't walk across the street to vote for mitt romney. guest: well, ron paul has set a couple of chances to become the nominee and couldn't get it done. his son has a good chance to run for the republican nomination in 2016 and i think he could make a big splash. i think rand paul has a lot of what people like about ron paul but is much more appealing to republicans. there could be a huge backlash within the republican party. you would have these tea party conservatives, marco rubio and rand paul. there are in the u.s. senate and our young and conservative who differed dramatically on foreign policy. marco rubio is more of a kennedy-esque beacon on hope. there could be an interesting debate in the republican primary next time if rand paul and marco rubio run over the future of the republican party. host: arlington tx, good morning. caller: i wanted to make a comment. republicans have a problem with minorities and hispanics. i am a hispanic man and i don't think about immigration every day wake-up up. immigration is not a permanent topic f
i wouldn't walk across the street to vote for mitt romney. guest: well, ron paul has set a couple of chances to become the nominee and couldn't get it done. his son has a good chance to run for the republican nomination in 2016 and i think he could make a big splash. i think rand paul has a lot of what people like about ron paul but is much more appealing to republicans. there could be a huge backlash within the republican party. you would have these tea party conservatives, marco rubio and...